![]() In these monthly Performer Notes columns I'm going to be passing on some of the experience I've gained over the last few years, exploring some of Digital Performer's most creative and productive features, and looking for ways to use this great sequencer to its full potential. It's also been absolutely rock‑solid, even on my extension‑stuffed Mac, which is used for everything from page layout to video editing. I've used it for songwriting, teaching, multi‑channel theatre sound, classical two‑track editing and multitrack mastering amongst other things, and have found it musically inspiring and frequently very rewarding. I switched to Digital Performer from Opcode's Vision a couple of years ago, and it's a decision I've never regretted. Running a VST plug‑in under DP with the aid of VST Wrapper. And by using VST Wrapper or Pluggo, Performer users have access to virtually all currently available VST plug‑ins and VST 2.0 instruments. However, far from being some sort of quirky 'third way', Digital Performer is now attracting third‑party support from the likes of Antares, Waves, Bomb Factory, Kind of Loud and Native Instruments, to name just a few, and has been offering reliable Rewire routing and sync for a while. A development of the MIDI‑only Performer, which is still available in its own right, Digital Performer has steadily evolved to the point where it now represents a serious alternative to Logic and Cubase for European users, hence the instigation of this regular column. MOTU's MIDI and audio interfaces are mainstays of the computer audio market, but their flagship Mac‑based sequencer Digital Performer is less well known in Europe, although it has always been popular in the USA. Long‑standing DP user Robin Bigwood presents the first of this regular column. To conclude, Digital Performer is an advanced application which is meant to provide users with professional tools in creating, mixing and editing music, all from within a complex-looking interface with numerous visible and hidden components.Logic and Cubase owners have had their own dedicated SOS columns for several months - so we're now devoting space to another of the world's favourite sequencers, MOTU's Digital Performer. Additionally, users can perform key, meter and tempo changes, as well as insert markers, click changes, streamers, punches or flutters. Moreover, with the 'Mixing' instruments, users can add various audio effects, insert sections, input tracks, faders and other elements. Also, they can use the 'QuickScribe' tool to write down the music notes for the songs, which they can preserve for later. Users can insert, reshape, edit, loop and scrub data in their songs with the 'MIDI Editor', 'Drum Editor', 'Notation Editor', 'Sequence Editor' or 'Waveform Editor'. Moreover, users can work with 'Virtual Instruments' to create original sounds and mixes, while the 'Editing' functions of Digital Performer allows them to generate new music or customize existing sounds, with minimal effort. ![]() Similarly, they can load MIDI or Audio tracks and further manipulate them until they fulfill users' needs. The program features the ability to both play and record music, using the appropriate capture devices. Nonetheless, users who lack experience with similar utilities may have a relatively difficult time figuring out what everything is supposed to do.Īs such, they should take their time and patiently browse through the various components of Digital Performer, testing out its numerous functions and try to get the hang of it, which will not take too long. ![]() The main window of the application is fairly complex yet user-friendly. Digital Performer is a comprehensive and reliable piece of software aimed at musical artists who wish to further enhance the way in which they create songs, by offering them a wide range of options and tools to work with. ![]()
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